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<p><font face="Courier"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2">October 6, 1998 No. 234</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+2">DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced the following diplomatic
appointments:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"></font><font face="Courier"><strong>Michael B. Phillips </strong>becomes Consul General in New York, with concurrent
accreditation as Commissioner for Canada in Bermuda.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><strong>Ian McLean</strong> becomes Minister in Paris, with concurrent accreditation as Consul
General of Canada in the Principality of Monaco.</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Courier">- 30 -</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Biographical notes on the appointees are attached.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">For further information, media representatives may contact:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Debora Brown</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1851</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1874</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http:\\www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><em>(5:15 p.m. EDT)</em></font></p>
<p><font face="Univers" size="+1">BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES</font><font face="Courier"></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"></font><font face="Courier"><strong>Michael B. Phillips</strong> (BA, University of Saskatchewan, 1962; LLB, University of
Saskatchewan, 1964), joined the Department of External Affairs in 1965 and has
served abroad in Addis Ababa, Dublin, Nairobi, and in London as Minister
(Political and Public Affairs). From 1991 to 1995, he was Ambassador to Sweden.
Since 1996, Mr. Phillips has been Ambassador to Ireland. In Ottawa, </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Mr. Phillips has held the positions of Assistant Director General of the Legal
Bureau (1980-1981) and Director General of the Foreign Policy and General
Communication Bureau (1988-1989). From 1989 to 1991, he served as Assistant Deputy
Minister, United States Relations Branch, and again from 1995 to 1996 as Assistant
Deputy Minister, United States Branch. He is married to Oonagh Mary Phillips and
they have two children. Mr. Phillips succeeds George Haynal.<strong></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Courier"><strong>Ian McLean</strong> (BA Honours, McGill University; MPA, Harvard University), joined the
Department of External Affairs in 1968 and has served abroad in Saigon, Hanoi,
Geneva, and in Paris as Counsellor (Economic). Since 1994, Mr. McLean has served
as Consul General in Milan. In Ottawa, Mr. McLean has held the positions of
Director, United States General Relations and Programs Division and Director
General, United States Relations Branch. He is married to Anne Hald and they have
one daughter. Mr. McLean succeeds John J. Noble. </font></p>
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